what is that people welcome back to my channel so sorry graphics where you can
learn a whole lot of useful skills and also some techniques to help your
graphic design career and today I'm going to show you some do's and some
don'ts when it comes to freelancing or just you know being a graphic designer
in general so stay tuned and learn a thing or two about how to conduct
yourself as a graphic designer in a professional manner just a quick
side note I've been really sick the last few days and so my content hasn't been
on point and I haven't been so attentive really know my YouTube channel but I'm
getting better and so let's move on with today's video so firstly let's take a
look at some of the do's that you should be doing as a graphic designer
you know as a freelancer or just a designer in general basically one of the
main things that some people don't actually take into consideration and
I've actually been on the receiving end of this when I'm talking to clients for
say web design or app design and that is you need to be polite when you're
talking to your clients and your customers this can be on the phone or
this could be via email but you should always be polite you should always be
attentive and you should always make them feel comfortable
when you're talking to them this just builds a solid relationship and it keeps
them coming back to you with respect and also with the knowledge and also
security and peace of mind that you're the right person for that job so ii do
but you should be doing as a graphic designer a freelancer or whatever is to
over reach now what do I mean by Avery if you actually have the time and the
resources I mean you should exceed what you promised your clients if you say
you're going to provide the logo in two different versions why not send them
three versions and this will leave them with a really really good feeling and it
will show that you're gonna go the extra mile to you know be a great graphic
designer and provide them the services they need from you
so the third do in a freelancing situation is to keep track of your money
and your invoices and your finances I can't emphasize this enough and it's
not just for tax reasons but it's really important to keep track of your money
you're spending how much you're earning and how much you're you know paying out
to other resources now this is because you need to understand how your career
is actually escalating or unfortunately it might be declining so you need to
keep track of this and you may need to change your prices and your quotes for
your jobs in the future but there's many many apps out there you can use to keep
track of your finances as a graphic designer
so the last do as a graphic designer is don't let your portfolio stack needs try
and update your graphic design portfolio every single two or three years at the
most I'm actually really really guilty of
this because I'm an updated mine in at least three years but I plan on doing
that very soon when I have time to do it you need to keep your recent work in
your portfolio because as we grow as designers our style changes our skills
grow more efficient and so an older portfolio doesn't reflect who we are
okay so what should we not be doing as freelance graphic designers I've got
some four don'ts for you to hear right now so stay tuned and see if you are
guilty of any of these mistakes the first don't is to don't be scared to
inquire about potential work I mean on Twitter you know calling up people on
the phone or just emailing people do not be afraid to contact someone potential
work if you have a portfolio you simply have nothing to lose you know you can
just contact them and if they say no or don't even reply you've lost nothing
you've essentially lost nothing in that situation but if they do need your
services well you've gained a new job and you've gained a new asset to your
portfolio so yeah don't be scared to contact people for potential work but
don't spam them either contact them in an articulate manner ii don't is to do
not ignore the brief i've spoken about this so many times on my channel and
it's so hugely important the client illustrates everything
they want you to do with your services as a designer in that brief so you have
to adhere to the brief you have to read every single detail of that brief and
understand what they want you to do as a graphic designer
there's no use of reading a brief and straying away from something you think
is you know better a better idea or a better option use the brief as your
guide to the graphic design project so the third don't as a graphic designer
or freelancer do not be cold to clients do not reply to them with one single
sentence answers don't be harsh don't be cold come across as a friendly and a
warm person as I said before this really does build a good relationship and it
will make the client or the potential claim come back to you again and again
and again because they know you're a warm person you're attentive and you are
ready and willing to work with them in a professional and a business manner so
lastly today the fourth don't for freelance graphic designers or graphic
designers in general is to do not ignore social media as a way to leverage your
graphic design career social media is free advertising and you really need to
be using it in 2019 and going into the 2020s and again don't spam social media
use it to your advantage and really really really optimize your work your
skill assets and who you are as a graphic designer on social media it is
free advertising and it can be really really hugely impactful for your graphic
design career so there were four do's and four don'ts when it comes to being a
graphic designer and also it was just a freelancer in general as you can
probably hear like I said my voice isn't up to standard because I'm pretty sick
still but next week I'm gonna be back as more fresh content but I want to hear
from you guys what do you want to see on this channel what do you want to see on
satori graphics because I want to make the best useful and most practical
content for you guys I appreciate every single like every single view every
single comment and this channel is growing so well and so immensely
okay I can explain how you know happy it makes me to see my channel helping
people out and speaking about helping people out
I've actually got a service linked in the description of this video where you
can pay a small fee and I will offer a detailed and thorough critique of one of
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have a great day and there's on your future today peace